Fruit Bats’ New LP Is In Style

Press Reader likes Fruit Bats‘ new LP. “Eric D John­son describes it,” they write, “as his most col­lab­or­at­ive Fruit Bats album to date. Tak­ing it all in, it is hard to argue such a claim. From the songs and sequen­cing of them to John­son’s easy tenor and the music itself, everything seems to click on The Land­fi­ll and not unlike his more recent work in the group Bonny Light Horse­man. Inspired by his mid­west­ern roots, John­son uses those very unnat­ural grassy knolls (i.e., former land­fills) that pop up here and there along the high­ways as a meta­phor for the sub­ject of his writ­ing. There’s a lot under those hills: per­sonal objects, memor­ies, and much more. It makes for quite a power­ful meta­phor and in the pen and voice of John­son with his spo­ton Fruit Bats com­rades-in-arms, it also makes for some very fine listen­ing.” Read more about the album, which is at radio now via Merge, here.

Fruit Bats’ extensive tour continues at the end of September:

9/30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
10/1 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
10/2 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
10/3 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center For The Arts
10/7 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
10/10 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom
10/11 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
10/13 – Moscow, ID – University of Idaho
10/14 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
10/15 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
10/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
10/17 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
10/20 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
10/21 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Civic Theatre
10/22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
10/23 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed Indoors
11/5 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/6 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
11/7 – Boston, MA – Royale
11/8 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
11/11 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
11/12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café
11/14 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11/15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11/17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11/18 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
11/19 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
11/20 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
11/21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk